Shelby, get all of the PondBoss experts help that you can obtain � they are good folks and have been very helpful to me over the years.
But realize that most folks outside our area do not understand the extreme heat and drought conditions that we endure in Texas.
They will ask for average water depths and surface acreage to calculate water volume daily circulation numbers for destratification � not for aeration requirement.
Averages are not adequate to properly design a bottom diffuser system with Texas water volume variations that we normally have in our pond/lakes.
The reason I mentioned aeration options other than bottom diffuser systems such as Vertex products, is that I had a major fish kill in our severe drought of 2011 that could nave been avoided had I been properly informed.
Perhaps I missed it, but I knew nothing about surface aeration such as Kasco and since PondBoss does not allow any posts other than PB advertisers, I felt that I had not been properly advised.
Ask the Vertex vendors to discuss other aeration options available to you.
You likely have nooks and cranny coves and inlets with varying water depths that may require flexible approach.
I wish I were closer to observe your lake � I have a geoscience career background with understanding of soils and water as well as rocks.
That�s why I suggested getting a fisheries biologist on site to advise aeration requirements. Had I not had that resource available to me I likely would have had another fish kill this past summer � a Kasco surface aerator was advised in addition to bottom diffuser system an it saved my pond this summer.
Good luck,
George
